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Market Basket CEOs give employees ultimatum

Market Basket's CEOs have issued an ultimatum to their employees - Get back to work, or lose your job. Ray Brewer is live in Londonderry where workers say the fight to reinstate Artie T. is far from over.

Market Basket's CEOs have issued an ultimatum to their employees - Get back to work, or lose your job. Ray Brewer is live in Londonderry where workers say the fight to reinstate Artie T. is far from over.

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Updated: 6:56 AM EDT Jul 31, 2014

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WEBVTT 101, 95 AND THE SPOTTING -- SPODDING -- SPALDING, NO TROUBLES THIS MORNING. 95.7FM WZID, SUZANNE ROANTREE. THANKS. MARKET BASK US IS GIVING EMPLOYEES AN ULTIMATUM, GET BACK TO WORK OR BE REPLACED. NORMAL OPERATIONS SHOULD RESUME BY MONDAY OR REPLACEMENTS WILL BE HIRED. THIS IS AS WORKERS OF THE 71 NEW ENGLAND STORES CONTINUE TO PROTEST THE FIRING OFTHAL FORMER C.E.O. DEMOULAS. AND RAY BREWER IS LIVE TO TELL US HOW EMPLOYEES ARE REACTING TO THE ULTIMATUM, GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. THEY ARE SLOUGHING IT OFF. EMPLOYEES WILL BE BACK ON THE JOB -- WHEN FIRED C.E.O. DEMOULAS IS BACK ON THE JOB AS WELL. AND THE NEW C.E.O.s ISSUED ULTIMATUM, SAYING WE NEED EMPLOYEES TO RETURN TO WORK ON MONDAY, AUGUST 4th. WE UNDERSTAND SOME ASSOCIATES WILL NOT RETURN, AND WE WILL BEGIN ADVERTISING FOR EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITYIES. OUR HOME AND STRONG PREVALENCE IS TO HAVE MARKET BASKET INCREDIBLE ASSOCIATES RETURN TO WORK. IT DESPITED THE MESSAGE, EMPLOYEES ARE WILLING TO LOSE THEIR JOB BEFORE RETURNING TO WORK WITHOUT R.D.T. AT THE HELM.HELM. WE WILL GIVE UP OUR JOBS FOR HIM. CUSTOMERS WILL BE BEHIND US 100%. AND THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE. THIS MEANS SO MUCH TO US. THE EMPLOYEES THE CUSTOMERS. MANAGERS AND ASSISTANT MANAGERS AT NEARLY ALL 71 STORES SIGNED POSITION SAYING THEY WOULD RESIGN IF DEMOULAS IS NOT REINSTATED.

Market Basket CEOs give employees ultimatum

Market Basket's CEOs have issued an ultimatum to their employees - Get back to work, or lose your job. Ray Brewer is live in Londonderry where workers say the fight to reinstate Artie T. is far from over.